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" I can't believe that we would lie in our graves wondering if we had spent our living days well. I can't believe that we would lie in our graves dreaming of things that we might have been. "

Dave Matthews

Dreaming

Days

Believe

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Song

Words

" I'm a bit of a caveman - I don't go out into the digital space very often. I lie facedown on the grass and count how many bugs I can find. "

" The idea of God as a fatherly figure who looks down on us and worries about how we're doing or takes sides when we have fights - it's more irritating than Santa Claus. The world and the universe are far more wonderful if there's not a puppet master. "

" The saddest part of the human race is we're obsessed with this idea of 'us and them,' which is really a no-win situation, whether it's racial, cultural, religious or political. "

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" We give the podium to a lot of people who shouldn't have the podium. The message that's delivered the loudest and in the most entertaining way is the one that we're going to put on because that's what we want. We want ratings more than we want to deliver information. That's just where the culture's gotten. "

" I go back to South Africa at least once a year, sometimes twice, and usually for a month. And probably, I'm guessing, I'll spend more time back there as I get older. "

" I was regularly advised not to go into music, that I should give up that foolish dream. "

Dave Matthews

Dream

Music

" You wear nothing but you wear it so well. "

" I found there's a fairly blatant racism in America that's already there, and I don't think I noticed it when I lived here as a kid. But when I went back to South Africa, and then it's sort of thrust in your face, and then came back here - I just see it everywhere. "

" We've never played at this place before. This place is big, and I'm kinda nervous, so we're going to make it feel small by pretending we're in a... bedroom. We'll hang off the edge of the bed, take off our shoes and get naked! "

" A guy and a girl can be just friends, but at one point or another, they will fall for each other... maybe temporarily, maybe at the wrong time, maybe too late, or maybe forever. "

" Nothing is black or white, nothing's 'us or them.' But then there are magical, beautiful things in the world. There's incredible acts of kindness and bravery, and in the most unlikely places, and it gives you hope. "

" When I write the set, I try to create something that will not only be interesting for the audience, but will have a flow for the band, too, so we don't get boring. "

" I don't believe in trickle-down economics. I don't think that people who have the most are inclined to share it, generally. "

" The idea that we're somehow centrally important to the planet's existence is pretty comical - although I'd like us to be. "

Dave Matthews

Existence

Pretty

" A friend is always good to have, but a lover's kiss is better than angels raining down on me. "

Dave Matthews

Angels

Better

" I'm a fairly tormented artist, and I'm less willing to indulge myself in self-pity, outside of songwriting. "

" We look to our leaders once we elect them to either lead us in the right direction or at least not crush us. "

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Crush

Direction

" How could I have been anyone other than me? "

Dave Matthews

Other

How

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Dave Matthews

Time

Long

" I don't think socialism, and I don't think warmness and respect are necessarily bad words. "